Logan expected to find himself standing on solid ground but instead opened his eyes to the view of earth from space that was approaching him rapidly. It took him a moment to comprehend that he was free falling towards the earth.

“WOAH! What the hell! The programmer must have a penchant for throwing people in unexpected situations”

He feared that his first death in-game would be from space without him doing anything and let loose a scream. But then he unexpectedly started slowing down as he approached what looked like a small town. He landed on his feet at almost zero speed and let loose a breath that he didn’t realize he had been holding.

“Ok that was officially THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT OF MY LIFE! I wanna do it again.”

He looked around wide eyed at his surroundings. He was standing in what looked like a town square where people gathered for announcements and such. He took note of the buildings that looked like they were made of wood that reminded him of the medieval times movies that he had watched.

But he also spotted CCTV cameras between the buildings. It looked like the game was a mix between medieval times and modern technology.

“Ok this is interesting. Looks like this game made use of swords and daggers of old times with guns and technology of the new times. I wonder how they will balance between the two. Won’t the sword users be disadvantaged? I should ask that to Birdy, he’ll surely know”

Birdy was the nickname of one of his best friend whose name was Bernard. He was best friends with Logan since 8th grade and was a gaming geek.

It was then that he noticed the people staring at him. They were wearing modern looking armor but held swords in their hands. They were approaching towards him cautiously with their hands on their weapons. They looked like the town guard. The civilians were looking at the scene from afar.

“What’s the matter? Why are they looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?”

“HEY YOU!”

“Y-yes!

Why does he yell like that?”

“Are you a foreigner?”

“Foreigner? What’s that?”

“People who were teleported to our world by the gods and who don’t truly die because of their blessings”

“Ah! So he means players who are respawned after death.

Yes that would certainly be me.”

It was then that the guards let out a collective sigh of relief.

“What’s the matter?”

“We were told that from today there will be foreigners appearing on our land. We were quite excited for that too.

What we didn’t expect that they would look quite so ‘different’ ”

“Why do you say that I look different? I think I look like a human”

“Have you looked at yourself lately with a mirror? You look like a hybrid of some kind”

“Hybrid? May I please request a mirror so that I can see myself? It looks like my appearance changed when I came here. And my name is Logan.

Might as well be polite here. Don’t want any enemies”

“Oh where are my manners. I am Derek and I am the guard captain” Just then a voice boomed out behind him.

Logan turned around and found himself looking at a mountain. Or a person who looked like a mountain.

“He’s HUGE! He must be taller than 7’5”. And look at his face! I’ve never seen anybody with so many scars on their face that their facial features are all mangled up.

And he’s grinning on top of that. That must be some of terror weapon around here. Definitely. It can make grown men soft in their knees.

And he’s exuding some kind of pressure that powerful people do. Normal men would have fainted by now. Good thing I’m used to uncle’s pressure. His strength can be attested by those bulking muscles behind that armor”

“I’m Logan, nice to meet you”

“Ho ho ho look at that, kids got the stuff. He’s awake even after meeting me for the first time! That’s new. Anyway

kid you come with me to the captain’s office. Let’s talk there, you are making a scene here”

“I’m making a scene? Isn’t a walking mountain supposed to do that?!”

Logan followed Derek into a room that looked more like an armory than an office. Its walls were adorned with different kinds of swords and daggers. There was a gun adorned into the wall behind the big-ass chair that looked very valuable. It seems guns were a rarity here.

“Kid I’ll be straight with you. We expected foreigners yes, but we don’t know anything about them. Just that they don’t die and they are pathetically weak at the beginning but have the capability to get stronger overnight. What we didn’t expect to see was a HYBRID”

“That word HYBRID, You have been calling me that for some time. I don’t understand”

“Ah that’s because it’s a nick name we gave to people like you long ago. People who are not fully human but mixed breed of different beasts. We vary kid, not everyone tolerates a person dares to tamper with nature’s will.”

“Ah yes I’m a mix between human and other beasts but how did you know?

“You must be new to this. Whatever beast you have merged with will reflect on your appearance. Take a look at

yourself in that mirror over there. The hybrids I knew of had the ability to hide their changes. Otherwise it’ll be dead giveaway to your capabilities.”

Logan walked in front of the mirror that was in the corner of the room and looked at himself. He looked almost same. Except for the changes in his hair color. It looked like grey fur instead of hair and he could even see his ear’s position shifted to a higher place on his head.

“Must be the effect of the wolf mutation”

Then he looked at his body. He was wearing a plain looking sleeve-less shirt that was too thin and a black pant. But the most out of place thing was that he was wearing shabby looking shoes but no socks, if you exclude the feathers poking out from his shoulders.

They were green in color and shined in the light.

“Ok that’s the effect of the humming bird. It’s too flashy. I wonder how to hide it.”

Tring..

Congratulations player. You are the first person to discover one of the side-effects of DNA mutations

+1 int, +1 wis

“Oh looks like I got a reward for that. How weird.”

“Now you know why people were making a scene. Here take this, this will help you avoid making a scene wherever you go. But the condition for this is you have to have this on whenever you come out in public."

Derek held out what looked like a memory card of old times.

Tring…

Do You want to learn the skill “Cosmetic makeover”?

This skill creates an illusion upon yourself that can hide your appearance. Be aware that this is a low tier technique and can be easily dismissed by external factors.

“Yes”

Congratulations you have learned the skill cosmetic makeover

Gains ability to make small changes to your appearance

Will be dismissed upon entering combat

Will be dismissed at scan stations

Usage: 5 energy upon activation and 1energy per minute to maintain.

“Oh cool this can be very helpful. Speaking of which lets take a look at my status screen”

Name: LOGAN

Level: 1

Race: Mutated human( Wolf, Humming bird)

Class: N/A

HP: 110 Regen: 1/15 secs out of combat

Energy: 120 Regen: 1/10 secs out of combat

Stamina: 110 Regen: 1/5 secs out of combat

Strength: 10

Agility: 10

Intelligence: 11

Wisdom: 11

Dexterity: 10

Spirit: 10

Vitality: 10

Defense:10

Mind: 10

Luck: 10

Passive Effects

Way of the wolf:

Night vision: Ability to see in the dark

Enhanced senses: 20% increased hearing and smell senses.

Enhanced reactions: 50% increase to movement speed and reaction speed

Way of the humming bird:

Air step: Step on a platform of air to change directions in mid-air at the cost of 50 energy

Instant step: Move 5 meters at high speed in any direction at the cost of 50 energy

Enhanced reflexes: 80% increase to reaction speed.

“Hmm looks like the bonuses from the mutations are here. But the instant step and air step are very expensive. I cannot use them more than once in my current state. But they are overpowered skills that’s for sure”

“Now kid change your appearance and scram! I have got work to do”

“Cosmetic makeover!”

Logan looked at himself in the mirror and saw his appearance changing to how he thought it should. He made himself look like in real life and left the office after saying a thank you.

The guard who he met before approached him

“Ah you look better now. Not everyone are tolerant of your kind”

“I’ll keep that in mind. Man the game didn’t say that I would make enemies just by picking a race!”

“I’m Jason. What are your plans now? You cannot leave town till you reach level 10.”

“Is that so? Well then is there a place where I can train?”

“If you are looking for instruction in fighting then proceed to the training hall near the south gate”

“Ah I’m not looking for instruction only a place to train in peace. I already know how to fight from my world.”

“Hmm I dunno if your worlds fighting can be applied here. You better go there and talk to instructor Thren. He can help you.”

“Ok thanks. I’ll look for instructor Thren in the training hall”

With that Logan set off to train.